Notre Dame Students Gather in Prayer After Ostermann Withdrawal

Notre Dame students gather in prayer after Ostermann withdrawal

Students at the University of Notre Dame gathered Friday for a prayerful “March on the Dome” following Professor Susan Ostermann’s decision to decline her controversial appointment as director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.Notre Dame campus gotto. Credit: Know1one1 via wikimedia, CC-BY-SA-3.0.Students processed Feb. 27 to the university’s grotto, sang Marian hymns, prayed, and lit candles in thanksgiving for the result.The marc…

Notre Dame: Catholic No More? – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The University of Notre Dame came under fire over the course of the past month for promoting an associate professor known nationally for her radical abortion activism, which, needless to say, is in direct conflict with one of the most crucial, essential, and fundamental moral doctrines of the Catholic Church. The professor-cum-abortion activist, Susan Ostermann, will no longer be accepting the promotion to lead the university’s Liu Institute for…

Students Pray for Notre Dame’s Catholic Identity After Dispute Over Pro-Abortion Professor

Members of the University of Notre Dame community take part in a prayer vigil on campus Feb. 27, 2026. The event was originally planned as a protest in response to the university’s appointment of abortion advocate professor Susan Ostermann as the head of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. Ultimately, however, students expressed their gratitude at the reversal of Ostermann’s appointment, calling it a ‘victory’ in the battle for Notre D…

Notre Dame: Catholic No More?

The University of Notre Dame came under fire over the course of the past month for promoting an associate professor known nationally for her radical abortion activism, which, needless to say, is in direct conflict with one of the most crucial, essential, and fundamental moral doctrines of the…